We do STEM at William & Mary. We’re good at it. We also do STEM outreach—offering a wide variety of programs
to people outside of William & Mary.

“Doing” STEM means conducting research and
also teaching science, technology, engineering and math in William & Mary’s
excellent STEM programs.

The White House has stated that
the country needs to produce 100,000 K-12 math and science teachers
and one million additional STEM graduates over the next decade. Some of these
STEM graduates will go through William & Mary’s own excellent STEM
programs or those offered by other universities. A large number also are needed
for advance manufacturing and other similar career paths that won’t necessarily
lead through a traditional college program.

William & Mary is doing its
part to fill the STEM gap through a wide variety of outreach programs to
develop both interest and skills in STEM subjects. There are programs directed
at K-12 students; others are for K-12 teachers. We offer still other programs
geared toward the faculty of both community colleges and four-year
institutions.

Federal agencies or private
foundations support many of these programs. Others are grass roots, powered by
scientists and students at the College who think that STEM is cool and want to
show people why.

This series (check out the stories under the "Related Links" column to the right) contains just some of the many William & Mary’s
STEM-outreach stories. We’ve been doing STEM (and STEM outreach) since before
it was an acronym.